Moving Companies in Chatham, NJ
Chatham sits in Morris County with tight, older-town streets and driveways that can keep a moving truck from parking right at your door, which matters since your mover may add a long-carry fee for hauling items a long distance to your entrance, or a stair fee if there is no working elevator. Timing changes the bill too: booking mid-week, Monday through Thursday, or mid-month, avoiding the 1st and the 31st, runs noticeably cheaper than a weekend or end-of-month date.
On price, local moves are billed hourly by crew and home size, plus a travel fee. A studio or one-bedroom averages $450 to $900 with two to three movers at roughly $100 to $160 an hour. A two- to three-bedroom home runs $1,000 to $2,200, and a larger four-bedroom-plus house can reach $2,500 to $5,000 or more. Moving out of state switches the pricing to weight and mileage, averaging $2,000 to $6,000 or more. Basic liability coverage pays only $0.60 per pound per item, so a 30-pound, $2,000 television would net just $18 if damaged. The mover directory below lists options serving the Chatham area to weigh against these figures.
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Federal tax-filer migration data for Morris County.
65% arrived from elsewhere in New Jersey. Most arrivals are in-state moves, so a regional company will usually cover it — check interstate authority only if you're crossing a state line.
See licensed movers53% of departures stayed under 50 miles. Short local moves are usually priced by the hour, so a regional company is often the cheaper call.
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Each bar shows that state's in/out split — rows are ranked by total volume.
Households arriving from another state report $142,134 in average annual income; those relocating from elsewhere in New Jersey report $129,747. Long-distance arrivals are the higher-budget half of the market.
How this works: IRS SOI County-to-County Migration Data, 2022-2023. The IRS compares the address on consecutive tax returns, so every move here is a real filed household. The catch: it publishes annually with about a two-year lag, counts Morris County rather than city limits exactly, misses people who don't file a return, and leaves 17% of moves unattributed to a specific county, because flows too small to publish are grouped into regional buckets instead. See the whole state on the New Jersey migration page →
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